The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 14, 1952
Waning Gibbous
87.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:59 PM
8:54 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.6%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 394,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 360
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Feb 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 221.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.5° / 295.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 18m / -5.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 186.23° / -3.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.41° / 4.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -47.22° / -0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.